Shingling hatchet



J. R. HAZEN.

SHINGLING HATCHET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1920.

1,404,764, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

PATENT JEREMIAH R. HAZEN, 0F IOTA, LOUISIANA.

SHINGLING HATGHET.

incense.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 192%.

Application filed Qctober 20, 1820. Serial No. 418,281.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEREMIAH ll. HAZEN, a; citizen of the United States, residing at lotat in the parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Shingling Hatchet; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to shingling hatchets, and has for its object to provide a shingling hatchet having shoulders on its blade adjacent the cutting edge and disposed in parallel relation to the hatchet poll, said shoulders forming means whereby shingles may be gaged and properly lapped during a shingling operation. The proper gaging and lapping of shingles is generally done by a chalk line or marking, therefore one ofthe objects of the invention is to eliminate the chalk line or the necessity of marking the shingles.

ri further object is to differently space the blade-carried shoulders in relation to the hammer poll, thereby allowing two diiierent laps to be. obtainable and also allowing the hatchet to be used as a gaging device for shingling or as a gaging device for weather boarding.

With the above and other objects in view the invention. resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hatchet, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the hatchet showing the same in position engaging a shingle.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a hatchet head and 2 the handle thereof. The hatchet head is of a conventional form and comprises the poll 3 and the blade 41. The opposite sides of the blade t are provided with shoulders 5 and 6, which shoulders are adapted to be placed in engagement with the butt 7 ofa shingle 8 and the shingle 8 moved under the shingle 9 until the hammer poll 3 engages a butt it) of the shingle 9, thereby properly gaging the lap of the shingle and eliminatlng the use of chalk lines during a shingling operation. Shoulders 5 and 6 are in parallel relation to the hatchet poll 3, and during a shingling operation all that is necessary is for one of the shoulders 5 or 6 to be placed in engagement with the butt of a shingle and the shingle forced upwardly until the poll 3 engages the butt of an adjacent shingle, said shoulders being wide enough so that a slight hammering opera tion may be accomplished as the shingle is being forced into position.

By providing shoulders 5 and 6 on opposite sides of the blade 4,- and at different distances from the hammer poll 3 the shingle butts may be differently positioned. It will also be seen that the hatchet may be used for properly spacing weather boarding, and by providing two shoulders 5 and 6 that one shoulder may be positioned for a standard spacing of shingle butts and the other shoulder positioned for a standard spacing of weather boarding.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed. as new and useful is 1. The combination with a shingling hatchethaving a poll at one end thereof and a blade at the other end thereof, of an integral shoulder carried by one side of the blade and adapted to engage the butt of a shingle and gage the shingle in relation to the butt of an adjacent shingle with which the hammer poll engages.

2. The combination with a shingling hatchet, of integral shoulders carried by the blade of said hatchet, said shoulders being in parallel relation to the hatchet poll, said shoulders being differently spaced from the hatchet poll.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JERRY R. HAZEN. lVitnesses JNo. M. TAYLOR, R. L. DoUonT. 

